Two natural metrics and their covariant derivative on a manifold of embeddings

DOI10.1007/BF01659491zbMath0428.58006MaRDI QIDQ1137292

Ernst Binz

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Monatshefte für Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/177971

zbMATH Keywords

Frechet derivativeembeddings into n-spaceFrechet-manifold of all smooth embeddingsLevi- Civita connectionssprays corresponding to metrics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational principles in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E30) Spaces of embeddings and immersions (58D10) Riemannian, Finsler and other geometric structures on infinite-dimensional manifolds (58B20) Differentiation theory (Gateaux, Fréchet, etc.) on manifolds (58C20)

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